textiles

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These circles, Gray explained, are cropped photos of textiles from Mexico, Guatemala and Japan that he found at fabric shops around Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Ridley Road market in Hackney is a busy maze of open-air stalls, selling everything from spices to textiles to fresh fruit.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

The sectors most vulnerable are computers and electrical equipment, chemicals, machinery and equipment, and textiles and apparel, he says.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

The Bezos Earth Fund awarded $34 million in grants to institutions studying and developing materials that might someday replace polyester and cotton—the world’s most popular textiles and among the most reliant on natural resources.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Accompanying the noble few in the tombs to the world of the deceased were copper beads and bracelets, stone tablets and collars, textiles and awls, and, sometimes, stone pipes in the shape of surreal animals.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann